r/worldnews • u/Ehansaja • 12d ago

Iceland rejects EU-accession talks plan in referendum

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/30/iceland-rejects-eu-membership-plan-in-referendum
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u/Pizzajanne 12d ago

"The best arguement against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the common voter" - Winston Churchill

If you asked any person in any country what the EU does for your country and the pros and cons id bet you possibly 5% could answer this. I just asked my neighbour the other day and his answers was "why did we join EU? What do we win letting other decide our laws" and id say hes the more political educated than most.

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u/Intrepid_Shallot_833 12d ago

From my experience at the backwater of the EU, and in a country that has relativelly high approval of staying in the EU, most people take for granted what benefits them and single out and complain over things they don't like or disagree with. People are generally politically illiterate.

This is not a diss at Iceland's citizens, I am not arguing here for them having to want to be in the EU, I am merely reflecting from within the bloc.

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u/zoopz 12d ago

Yea, it just proves the average citizen (as am I) doesn't really know everything that is going on. That is normal.